SATURDAY 19 NOVEMBER 2011, 7.45pm, St Cecilia's Hall

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Owen Willetts (countertenor), Nathan Vale (tenor) and David Miller (lute and theorbo) –
‘Thou Mighty God …’ – Music from the court of King James I of Great Britain

This concert, in the 400th anniversary of the publication of the Authorised Version – popularly known as the King James Bible – celebrates this greatest literary monument to post-Reformation English protestant scholarship with sacred and secular airs from the new British court of King James VI of Scotland (1567–1625) and I of Great Britain (1603–25). Owen Willetts, countertenor, and Nathan Vale, tenor, accompanied by David Miller, lute and theorbo, perform. Devised by Ian McFarlane.

On Nathan Vale: ‘A star is born’ – Michael Tanner, The Spectator
On Owen Willetts: ‘… a voice of considerable beauty and power’ – The Irish Times